The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-06-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
EGGs FoR HArcHrNG.

should have been laid only one or two
lays at farthest There is loss OF
vitality if the egg is even once thor
oughly chilled after it is dropped. The
Increase in vigor of chickens hatched
from eggs set as soon as laid viii
insure larger percentage of chickens
and smaller death rate after they
are hatched.
For,D FOR CALVES.
Milk is the i4atural food for young
calves and for those to be kept as cows
1t is none the worst, but rather the
better, for being skinned 1t does not
fatten so much and the bulkiness of
this kind of food distends the paunch
and thus gets the animal in the habit
of eating a large quantity of food
This in milch COW is the trait most
important in determining her value.
TO MAKE TREES BEAR EARLY.
1t is always noticed that varieties Of
fruit which grow spreading and low
bear earlier than the same species
of fruit which have more upright habit.
Taking advantage of this, if the latter
are bent down early in the season, they
may be set to bearing. After the
leaves have pat forth, if the tips of the
leading shoots are stopped by pinching
off the ends, the same result is produo-
ed. The sap is thrown back, then side
branches with fruit is produced, just as
would be on upright branches bent
down. s
THE QUALITY OF EGGS.
There is great difference In che char
acter ofeggs from. different hens, but
it depends full as much on the feed as
the breed. The dark-colored eggs laid
by Asistic breeds of fouls are most
popular, and bring something more in
market than the white-shelled eggs.
These last are generally smaller, and
they are produced by fowls which tor
age freely, while the dark-shslled eggs
from Asiatic breeds are produced from
grain feeding. During the Summer
fowls that get no feed except what
they pick up eat much grass. This
produces eggs of poor quality.
TRAMPLING OF CLOVER
1t is astonishing how easily clover is
kept down by little trampling Walk
ing through it few times in one track
while young makes a path plainly yisi-
bic for weeks or months after. The
grasses are much more hardy, and on
light soil seem to thrive rather better
for some tEampling, as it presses the
soil close about their roots. This is one
Of the strong arguments against pastur-
ing clover. 1t is liked by all kinds Of
stock when made into hay. but in its
early growth it has not nearly so much
sweetness as the grasses whose. roots
run near the surfaces
A VARIETY OF GRASSES.
In seeding down few farmers use as
great variety of seeds as they should.
The consequence is that meadows do
not yield what they might be made to,
and the pasture or hay is less appetiz-
ing. The best results Of feeding
are found by giving variety. More
will be eaten and with better APP
petite. Besides the traditional timothy
and clover there are many perennials
highly esteemed in Europe, but scarce
" known to most American farmers
II is good sign for our farming that
other grasses than those heretofore
sown are now receiving much atten-
ton.
APPLE TREES By ROADSIDE.
There are many places by roadsides
where apple trees might be proftably
planted, and they would besides add to
the attractiveness OF the drive, especi-
ally when laden with either bloom
or fruit The wash from the roadway
win keep them thrifty and where the
centre of the road has been laid up
with stone a network of fine roots will
run beneath them from the trees ready
to take what plant food is washed down
to them. This makes It possible to grow
trees with profit BY the roadside, where
they are planted higher than the road
bed. The roots will soon find where
the manure wash goes to and follow
after it.
MOISTURE FOR GoosEBERRIEs-
The trouble with mildew on goose
berries is due mainly to the fact that
our climate is too dry and hot for them.
The American varieties are partially
acclimated and viii endure thiSS better
than the English sorts. But they should